I have just purchased an Antec Fusion Black case and managed to get the remote for the IR/LCD (product 15c2:0038) working with LIRC 0.9.0. I am working on Archlinux, but I think I can adapt it to Ubuntu. The LCD still isn't working; see my next post for details. The procedure is adapted from the Archlinux wiki.

The trick is that we now need to configure LIRC to use the devinput layer. To do so, first find your product by running the command

There should be several lines with the product code you noted earlier. Note the event numbers associated with them. In my case, the one that ultimately worked was the event associated with usb-15c2_0038-event-if00 (/event6), but it might be different if you have a different device.

You finally need to configure LIRC to work with this event. The way to do this in Ubuntu differs from Arch, therefore, there might be little mistakes. Let me know and I'll try to corect them. Run

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc

and select the devinput entry in the first dialog, and the event you noted earlier in the next screen. Restart the lirc daemon with

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/lircd restart

and see if it worked by running the command

Code:

irw

Press a few keys on your remote (make sure to hold them for a few seconds, it doesn't seem to be very responsive) and you should see something like

(I know this is an old post, but in the event that anyone should have problems, here is the method I've always used without issue to get it all working perfectly since Dharma on XBMC Live and now with Frodo on XBMCbuntu):

Start by installing LIRC just to be safe, as the iMon LCD and IR Receiver seem to be tied together somehow:

Code:

sudo apt-get purge lirc
sudo apt-get install lirc

Once LIRC is finished installing, you should be prompted to choose a remote if you'd like to preload a configuration. Select Soundgraph iMon Antec Veris (I have an Antec Fusion Black case, assuming if you have the iMon LCD this is quite likely the one you'll want as well). If you accidentally pick the wrong one, you can go back by using the sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc command.

Create /etc/modprobe.d/lirc.conf and add the following line:

Code:

options lirc_imon debug=1 nomouse=1 display_type=2 pad_thresh=5

Install LCDProc with the following:

Code:

sudo apt-get purge lcdproc
sudo apt-get install lcdproc

Once it's finished installing, edit the /etc/LCDd.conf file to look like the following to get the drivers working properly:

Set LCDProc to auto-load on boot up by editing the /etc/rc.local file, adding the following line at the end:

Code:

/etc/init.d/imon start

Edit the ~/.xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml file and edit (or add if it's not already there, which it should be) the following line under the <videoscreen> section... Alternatively, I believe there is an option within XBMC to enable the LCD screen. I've just done it this way for so long that I just keep doing it this way out of habit..

Code:

<haslcd>true</haslcd>

Next you will need to edit your ~/.xbmc/userdata/LCD.xml file to customize what you'd like to have it display on your LCD. You can find more information on available tags you can use and so on here:XBMC Wiki - LCD.xml. Here is an example of one that I'm currently using (Note that the iMon LCD only has 2 lines, and can only have so many characters before it starts to scroll along the line. When it scrolls, it's pretty much unreadable, so I've gone through great lengths to ensure there is enough space for anything that may be displayed to avoid it from scrolling):

*Note: Some characters on the LCD show up really weird. For example the tilde (~) in my config above actually shows up as a ° which works perfectly for the temperature command, so you can get a little creative with it I suppose...

You should have your LCD working wonderfully at this point. If you really want to squeeze everything you can out of your LCD, check out this thread by Phantasm4489 to get those little icons working as well. Hopefully this helps some of you guys out. I remember when I first tried to get that little LCD working, I spent over a month of trial and error before finally piecing it all together haha

I followed the steps in this thread and have now got the LCD working beautifully with XBMC, thank you very much to everyone involved.

Since the computer I'm using this on is a multi-use machine, I prefer to have the LCDd service stopped when not using XBMC so that it displays the big clock. Then I have to manually start it again in the terminal [sudo /etc/init.d/LCDd start] so that XBMC can use it.

Is there any way I can link the above process to the XBMC process so that LCDd starts and stops automatically with XBMC? I realise that it is complicated by using root to start and stop the service whereas XBMC is run as a user but I would be very grateful if someone could please point me in the right direction.

i dont care about the remote. But i was wondering if i can make the LCD work with XBMC details flashing on it, i am on windows on Gotham, and have the imon manager installed, but not able to figure out what needs to be done.
can someone please guide.

I have just purchased an Antec Fusion Black case and managed to get the remote for the IR/LCD (product 15c2:0038) working with LIRC 0.9.0. I am working on Archlinux, but I think I can adapt it to Ubuntu. The LCD still isn't working; see my next post for details. The procedure is adapted from the Archlinux wiki.

The trick is that we now need to configure LIRC to use the devinput layer. To do so, first find your product by running the command

There should be several lines with the product code you noted earlier. Note the event numbers associated with them. In my case, the one that ultimately worked was the event associated with usb-15c2_0038-event-if00 (/event6), but it might be different if you have a different device.

You finally need to configure LIRC to work with this event. The way to do this in Ubuntu differs from Arch, therefore, there might be little mistakes. Let me know and I'll try to corect them. Run

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc

and select the devinput entry in the first dialog, and the event you noted earlier in the next screen. Restart the lirc daemon with

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/lircd restart

and see if it worked by running the command

Code:

irw

Press a few keys on your remote (make sure to hold them for a few seconds, it doesn't seem to be very responsive) and you should see something like

Hi,
some weeks ago I bought a nice SilverStone LC20M HTPC case. It has a Soundgraph VFD with IR-Receiver which provides 2 input devices, "iMON Panel, Knob and Mouse(15c2:0036)" and "iMON Remote (15c2:0036)". According to http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid … #pid965686 and several others postings, using the RC (iMon Pad) should be easy, just point device to /dev/input/event3 (iMON Remote is event3 here) and change the driver to devinput in lirc_options. ir-keytable recognizes the keypresses on the RC, but LIRC failes to find the device: